Practice question
Does designation as a Special Commercial Court make an RTC branch lose the RTC's statutory general jurisdiction over ordinary civil cases?
- Yes, automatically and permanently.
- Yes, unless all litigants are corporations.
- No; designation does not strip the branch of the RTC's statutory general jurisdiction.
- Yes, whenever the docket is crowded.
- No, because subject-matter jurisdiction is created by consent.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/nov2015/gr_202664_2015.html — Gonzales v GJH Land, GR202664, November10 2015, main decision.
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